Roberta Bove

Senior Lead, Innovative Finance for Nutrition


Roberta Bove joined GAIN as Nutritious Food Financing Programme Lead in September 2021. With over 13 years of work experience in supporting SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa with technical assistance, impact investing, international development and corporate finance, Roberta brings a unique perspective to lead our N3F work in catalysing private sector financing to help scale up the production and sale of locally produced nutritious foods in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Prior to GAIN, Roberta worked on the Venture Catalyst program of the Clean Cooking Alliance, working directly with SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa, providing them with grants and technical assistance. Prior to that, Roberta was a Senior Investment Manager at Palladium, providing direct debt financing to agriculture and off-grid solar SMEs in West Africa.